Latino Victory Fund Announces Houston City Council Endorsement
Today Latino Victory Fund, a political action committee that backs progressive Latino candidates running for office, announced they were endorsing Mario Castillo in a Houston city council election. Castillo is running in District H, and previously served as the Chief...
A New Executive Director For The Texas Democratic Party
Last week the Texas Democratic Party announced that it had hired Monique Alcala as its new Executive Director. Alcala was most recently the Southwest Regional Director for EMILY’s List, the largest organization in the country devoted to electing progressive women into...
Lina Hidalgo Announces Mental Health Leave
This afternoon Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced she has been taking a leave of absence from her position to seek treatment for depression. The Houston Chronicle broke the news about Hidalgo, who has been at an inpatient facility since July. Throughout her...
Progressive Leaders Question Conservative Support of Representative Shawn Thierry
Critics of the controversial state representative noticed a surge of right-wing donors after her anti-LGBTQ votes. Representative Shawn Thierry (D-Houston) is not new to controversy. The embattled representative has been accused of abusing her legislative staff and...
Op-Ed: Fighting For All Texas Kids On National Parents’ Day
The Texas heat is unforgiving. Downright oppressive. My wife and I spend our summers finding creative ways to keep our daughters (and ourselves) from bursting into hypothetical flames—city pools, popsicles, chilly plunges into Barton Springs. But the temperature isn’t...
Op-Ed: Living An Immigration Nightmare Amidst The American Dream
From the outside, my family is the embodiment of the American Dream. We moved from Mexico to El Paso, Texas when I was nine years-old for my dad’s architecture job and he eventually launched a successful real estate construction company. My siblings and I grew up...
The Latest Border Stunt Goes Beyond Cruelty
A new bombshell report from The Houston Chronicle about Greg Abbott’s latest ploy at the border involving buoys and razor wire outlines just how cruel and inhumane the governor and his enablers have become. A trooper with the Department of Public Safety disclosed to...
Lawsuit Filed Over Law That Restricts Care For Transgender Minors
Five families have sued the state of Texas over Senate Bill 14, which would prevent transgender minors from receiving certain medical care including puberty blockers and hormone therapies. Greg Abbott signed SB 14 in June, and it is set to take effect on September 1....
Roland Gutierrez joins race against Ted Cruz
After spending more than a year fighting for common sense gun reforms after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas Senator Roland Gutierrez is taking his fight on the road with a familiar foe in his sights: Ted Cruz. After months of speculation, Gutierrez made it official...
New Houston Group Launches to Re-Imagine Safety
This month in Texas, supporters joined a kick-off campaign rally held by Re-Imagining Safety for Everyone in Houston (“RISE Houston”). RISE Houston is a new grassroots coalition whose goal is to stop police violence and demand that local tax dollars be spent on...
Op-Ed: TikTok Ban Would Deprive Americans Of First Amendment Rights
While Texans and other Americans are enjoying TikTok and its benefits to education, creative expression, and business marketing, lawmakers on Capitol Hill and are considering a ban on the app, while the Republican-led Texas Legislature recently banned TikTok from...
An Abortion Information Store Arrives In Texas
A year after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, a nonprofit is coming to Texas to show residents in the state how they can still access abortion pills. MayDay.Health is opening a pop-up information store in Bastrop, Texas today and tomorrow with posters and QR...
The Angela Paxton Factor
Yesterday the Texas State Senate was set to discuss rules for the upcoming impeachment trial of Ken Paxton, the embattled Attorney General who is currently suspended. The news of procedural maneuvers was perhaps overshadowed by the first statement from his wife, State...
Biden Administration’s “Investing in America tour” is Coming to Texas
The White House announced that President Biden will kick off a second round of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America tour. On Monday, June 26, President Biden will kick off a second round of the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Investing in America”...
There Will Be Rules
The Texas Senate is expected to meet on June 20th to hash out the rules of procedure for the impeachment trial of Ken Paxton, and while the proceedings always promised plenty of intrigue, the plot has only thickened in recent days. Perhaps the most pressing question...